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First Kindergarten
Margarethe Schurz created the first American kindergarten in Watertown, Wisconsin. She did so for her immigrant German community. This later caught the attention of Elizabeth Peabody, who started the first American English-language kindergarten in Boston in 1860. -
Head Start
Founded by Lyndon Johnson, it is a program of the Health and Human services that provides early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement for low income families -
Title I
"Title one" was a provision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which was created by the U.S. Department of Education to distribute funds to schools and districts with a large number of students from low-income families, to create programs for special needs that may not otherwise be properly supported. -
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
The first special education law directed at students with physical and mental disabilities. The law stated that public schools must provide children with special needs with the same opportunities for education as other children. It also required any public school that received federal funds to provide one free meal a day for these children. -
IDEA
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, is a modification of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. It is for special needs students to receive appropriate free public education in the least restrictive environment necessary to meet those students' needs. -
Individual Education Program
IEP helps establish specific education for a child’s needs. This requires schools to meet initially to determine a child’s eligibility for an IEP and to come together annually to develop and assess the educational plan. -
No Child Left Behind
NCLB is a federal law that provides money for educational assistance for poor children for improvement in their academics. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
Is to provide an education that meets a child’s unique needs and prepares the child for further education, employment, and independent living and it also protects the rights of both children with disabilities and their parents. -
Preschool for All Initiative
Federal-State partnership that would provide quality preschool for all 4 year olds from low and moderate income. Early education provides the foundation that every child needs to be prepared for kindergarten.
